Johann Tornow

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Johann Tornow , also Tornau , (baptized January 4, 1610 in Neustadt (Brandenburg an der Havel) , † August 18, 1662 in Berlin ) was a Brandenburg statesman .

Life

Origin and family

Johann was a son of the mayor and syndic of the Neustadt (Brandenburg an der Havel) Johannes Tornow (1579–1629) and Catharina, née Schönhausen from Stendal . In 1649 he married Eva Catharina Striepe († after 1672), a daughter of Sebastian Striepe (1582–1649). The marriage resulted in at least two daughters.

Career

Tornow studied in Leipzig from 1629 and 1631 , then in Wittenberg until 1634 , and finally after another two years was cand. Jur. in Koenigsberg . In 1639 he disputed in Frankfurt and began his legal practice in Berlin in the same year as an attorney at court . Tornow was promoted to Dr. jur. utr. PhD .

In 1646 he received the entitlement to the feudal secretariat and was appointed and introduced as court and chamber judge in November 1648 . In 1649 he became feudal secretary and head of the schools in Cölln (Spree) and Joachimsthal , including the Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium . Tornow was promoted to Real Privy Council in 1650 and Council of State in 1651 . In the Privy Council he was the main worker in the department for the restoration of finances, as well as head of the department for the Kurmark in public matters and for the Mittel- and Uckermark in private matters, finally for the feudal, coinage and salt system, as well as the archive. He was raised to the imperial nobility on January 28, 1654 in Regensburg . In 1658 he was sent to Hanover on a diplomatic mission .

In 1646, Tornow acquired half of the Schönwalde estate in the Oststernberg district from his father-in-law and in 1647 bought the majority of the property . In 1650, however, he sold this property back to Ursula von dem Knesebeck . He also owned a garden on Friedrichsgracht in Berlin. Tornow was buried in the Cöllner Dom , where there was also an epitaph .

literature

  • Peter Bahl : The court of the great elector. Studies on the higher office holdings of Brandenburg-Prussia (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property , supplement 8). Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2001, p. 604.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal Prussian and electoral Brandenburg real secret Council of State on its 200-year foundation day January 5, 1805 , Berlin 1805, p. 355, no. 48.
personal data
SURNAME Tornow, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tornau, Johann; Tornau, Johannes; Tornavius, Johannes; Tornovius, Johannes; Tornow, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt (Brandenburg an der Havel)
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1662
Place of death Berlin